As a university student, Budi Bowoleksono, Indonesia‘s ambassador to the U.S., worked two jobs — one before classes and then another after classes. When he arrived home at 1 a.m. there either was no food or it was cold. Out of necessity he got creative he told Global Atlanta at the Win Indonesian Grill and […]
Culture
Books 2018: Avoiding Instincts to Craft an Improved Worldview
Book: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong about the World and Why Things are Better Than You Think Author: Hans Rosling Review by: Jacobus Boers, assistant dean for international engagement, J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University If you are comfortable that you have a pretty good understanding of the world and how […]
Books 2018: Greatest Generation’s Greatest Contribution: Enacting Justice for War Crimes
Book: East West Street: On the Origins of “Genocide” and “Crimes Against Humanity” Author: Philippe Sands Review by: Shelby Grubbs, managing member, Miller & Martin PLLC’s Atlanta office and founding managing director of the Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation In 1945, at Nuremberg, Germany, an eight-judge tribunal undertook a trial of former officials in […]
Books 2018: Why We’re Wrong About How Bad Off the World Is
Book: Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong about the World and Why Things are Better Than You Think Author: Hans Rosling Review by: Jim Reed, president of YKK Corp. of America On October 17, 2004, Mari Larsen, a 38-year-old resident of northern Sweden and single mother of three, is brutally murdered by her ex-lover. That same […]
Books 2018: Fictional Underground Railroad, Real Descriptions of Suffering
Book: The Underground Railroad Author: Colson Whitehead Review by: William De Baets, consul general of Belgium for the Southeast U.S. I received Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad for my birthday last June. When I started reading it I realized it was the first fictional book I had read about slavery. It was also the first […]
Books 2018: President Carter’s Holistic, Global View on Faith
Book: Faith – A Journey for All Author: Jimmy Carter Review by: Jennie K. Lincoln, Director – Latin America and the Caribbean Program, The Carter Center Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the U.S. and Nobel Peace Laureate, is well-known for his deep religious faith. This book undertakes an expanded view of the concept of faith […]
Books 2018: A Life of Exposing Atrocities, Abuses Through Journalism
Book: Reporter, a memoir Author: Seymour M. Hersh Reviewed by Paul Varian, retired CNN and UPI editor/ writer/reporter On Oct. 22, 1969, freelance Washington reporter Seymour Hersh got a vague tip that the U.S. Army was preparing to court-martial one of its soldiers at Fort Benning, Ga., for the mass killing of civilians in South […]
Books 2018: Cultivating America’s Soul Through Struggle
Book: The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels Author: Jon Meacham Review by: Jorge Fernandez, vice president of global commerce, Metro Atlanta Chamber The essence of this book is an examination of the American socio-political history through the prism of our internal conflicts as Americans, and what effects this has on the […]
Books 2018: Effects of the Newfound U.S. Energy Abundance on Nigeria and Beyond
Books 2018: Windfall: How the New Energy Abundance Upends Global Politics and Strengthens America’s Power Author: Meghan L. O’Sullivan (2017) Review by: Kayode Laro, Consul General of Nigeria in Atlanta As a Nigerian, developments in international oil markets are of great interest to me. This is because of the importance of oil, particularly the international […]
Books 2018: India’s Indictment of Unbridled Capitalism
Book: Capital: The Eruption of Delhi Author: Rana Dasgupta Review by: Trevor Williams, managing editor of Global Atlanta I’ve traveled to India once. It’s a pulsating place, loud with the din of lives crashing against each other and people trying to get by. I’ve seen this with my own eyes and can say it with […]
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